Bracketology: Illinois and Indiana have a lot riding on Big Ten tourney

With conference tournament week about to hit full swing, let?s take one last look at the mock brackets from Jerry Palm of CBSSports.com and Joe Lunardi of ESPN.com.

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The teams seemingly with the most on the line in Chicago for the Big Ten tourney are Illinois and Indiana.

Palm has both on the Bubble and in play-in games. He has Indiana as a No. 11 playing No. 11 Ole Miss, and Illinois a No. 12 taking on No. 12 Texas A&M. Lunardi has Indiana as a No. 12 seed in a play-in game vs. BYU. He has Illinois out of his bracket, listing the Illini among the ?next four out? after the ?first four out.?

The only other difference in the brackets: Palm has Iowa as a No. 6; Lunardi has the Hawkeyes as a No. 7.

Wisconsin holds steady as a No. 2 seed in both brackets. In fact, both bracket experts put the Badgers in the same region as No. 1 Kentucky.

Here is how each has the Big Ten in their mock brackets this week:

Jerry Palm, CBSSports.com
No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 15 William & Mary, Midwest
No. 3 Maryland vs. No. 14 Georgia State, East
No. 6 Iowa vs. No. 11 Boise State, South
No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Colorado State, South
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Oregon, South
No. 11 Purdue vs. No. 6 St. John?s, East
No. 11 Indiana vs. No. 11 Ole Miss, play-in game
No. 12 Illinois vs. No. 12 Texas A&M, play-in game

Joe Lunardi, ESPN.com
No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 15 Albany, Midwest
No. 3 Maryland vs. No. 14 Yale, East
No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Colorado State, West
No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 VCU, East
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Georgia, West
No. 11 Purdue vs. No. 6 Providence, West
No. 12 Indiana vs. No. 12 BYU, play-in game

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Here is how the brackets looked last week

Jerry Palm, CBSSports.com
No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 15 Albany, Midwest
No. 3 Maryland vs. No. 14 Georgia State, East
No. 7 Indiana vs. No. 10 Cincinnati, Midwest
No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Oregon, East
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Ole Miss, South
No. 8 Michigan State vs. No. 9 Dayton, Midwest
No. 10 Purdue vs. No. 7 St. John?s, West
No. 11 Illinois vs. No. 11 Texas A&M, play-in game

Joe Lunardi, ESPN.com
No. 2 Wisconsin vs. No. 15 William & Mary, South
No. 3 Maryland vs. No. 14 Toledo, East
No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Oregon, East
No. 7 Ohio State vs. No. N.C. State, West
No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9 Ole Miss, West
No. 10 Indiana vs. No. 7 San Diego State, Midwest
No. 11 Purdue vs. No. 11 Cincinnati, play-in game